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July 25, 2001

Planning for Jane Goodall’s Wild Chimpanzees
Jane Goodall Educators Institute
July 2001
Proposed Action Plan (draft)

Program Title(s): Goodall Festival (request Goodall name use from JGI)

Developed By:Debra Klich
Denver Museum of Nature and Science
2001 Colorado Blvd
Denver, CO 80205
Ph: (303) 370-6046
Fax: (303) 370-6153

Program Audience(s): General Museum Visitors

Program Overview(s): A museum-wide festival of activities. The major focus will be given to one weekend of activities. The lecture series and discovery center will span six weeks.

Program Goals:

1. Educate visitors on:
   

1. Hominid evolution/ Natural history of chimps
   
2. What a primate is/ Where we as humans fit in—similarities to chimps
   
3. Jane Goodall’s research/ how animal behavior research is being done now
   
4. Reason for hope message/conservation
   

1. Inspire visitors with a compassion for all living things
   
2. Encourage visitors to take action in their own communities in the areas of community enrichment and care of their environment
   

1. Brochures in lobby
   
2. Behind the scenes tour of IMAX projection
   
3. Slides at beginning tell how about Roots and Shoots and Local conservation initiatives “Warning: what you are about to see will likely inspire you to make a difference. If you would like more information on how you can get involved with improving your world….”
   

1. Can you lift the same amount that a one week old chimp, adult female, alpha male….can?
   
2. Build a nest in low tree branch
   
3. Climbing wall
   
4. Monkey Marathon Race…walk like different primates
   
5. Make chimp face masks displaying different expressions
   
6. Memory game with chimp expressions (perhaps same tests that Lisa Parr uses…computer with joystick)
   
7. Using chimp tools with and without use of opposable thumb (two rocks to crack nut, termite fishing stick, leaf sponge to dry body off, twigs to clean teeth)
   
8. Culture activity (chopstick vs. fork, etc)
   
9. Use demo version of “The Observer Software” (Elizabeth) to watch a video clip and score behaviors then run stats
   
10. Make your own tool to solve a particular problem
    
11. Nat’l Zoos Think Tank activity where people pretend that they are in a chimp group and try to make day-to-day decisions
    
12. Try to shoot a basket with one eye covered (to illustrate importance of stereoscopic vision in primates)
    
13. Photo-booth with background of primates sitting on a log and you get to sit in line between them
    
14. Regional fashions (leaf on shoulder), cowboy hats
    
15. Chimp vocalizations
    
16. DNA analysis….chimp paternity test…compare electrophoresis data
    

1. Brain size/ skull comparison
   
2. Tanzanian culture, with map of location of Gombe
   

1. Lisa Stevens: The Nature of Intelligence
   
2. Denver Zoo Primate Curator: The role of zoos in conservation
   
3. Russ Graham: Hominid Evolution
   
4. Local animal behaviorists (CU?)
   
5. Hans Cole: How to take action in your community (Roots and Shoots)
   
6. Wayne Allen: Evolution of Sex
   
7. Political science
   
8. Local Women in Science
   
9. NASA Chimp research
   
10. Enrichment activities for zoo animals
    
11. Lisa Paar – facial expression and emotion in primates
    
12. Franz de Waal - Political arrangements in Chimp groups
    

1. Information booths (highlighting avenues for action)
   

1. Local environmental groups
   
2. Girls scouts (highlighting action projects)
   
3. Boy scouts
   
4. School science clubs
   
5. University programs (Biology, Language, Political Science, etc.)
   
6. Parks and recreation department
   
7. YMCA
   
8. Bank of America (National Sponsor)
   
9. R.E.I. GPS information
   
10. Dept. of Fish and Wildlife